Chris Housenick, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Arkansas Tech University, started the Arkansas Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) conference started in 2011. The first conference took place in Russellville, AR, at ATU; and continued to take place there for the next five years. Mark Mullenbach, Professor of Political Science at University of Central Arkansas, hosted ACMUN at UCA from 2017-2020. Northwest Arkansas Community College and Arkansas State University split hosting duties between 2021-2023: ASU in 2021, NWACC in 2022, and ASU in 2023. Northeastern State University and Northwest Arkansas Community College cohosted ACMUN with Oklahoma Model UN at the NSU campus in Tahlequah, OK in 2024. Committee, committee topics, and conference handbooks from previous ACMUN conferences are listed below.

2012 Conference Committees and Policy Topics

United Nations Security Council
1. What should the UN do about the continuing violence in Syria?
2. What should the UN do about the escalating disputes over several contested Pacific Islands?

General Assembly Second Committee on Economics and Finance
1. What should the UN do about the increasing number of countries struggling with debt and austerity, such as Greece, Italy, and Spain?
2. What can the UN do to help promote development in Landlocked Lesser Developed Countries (LLDCs)?

General Assembly Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Affairs
1. What should the UN doa bout the publication of materials that are culturally insensitive or highly offensive?
2. What should the UN do to improve its capabilities to assist in the growing number of global refugees?

2013 Conference Committees and Policy Topics

General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security
1. How can the UN strengthen its efforts at disarmament of conventional and chemical weapons?
2. What can the UN do to better regulate the increasing use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)?

General Assembly Second Committee on Economics and Finance
1. What can the UN do to better promote agricultural development and food security?
2. What can the UN do to better promote accountability and transparency in Multinational Corporations (MNCs)?

General Assembly Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Affairs
1. What more can the UN do to rehabilitate former child soldiers and reintegrate them into their societies?
2. What new program should the UN consider in order to better assist the growing global epidemic of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)?

2014 Conference Committees and Policy Topics

General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security
1. What can the United Nations do to better combat terrorism in Africa?
2. What measures can the United Nations undertake to peacefully resolve the Pacific Ocean Island Territorial Disputes and Crises between Asian nations?

General Assembly Second Committee on Economics and Finance
1. What new efforts should the United Nations undertake to better reduce rural poverty?
2. What can the United Nations do to better protect the rights of migrant workers?

General Assembly Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Affairs
1. What more can the United Nations do to ensure the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age?
2. What new efforts should the United Nations undertake to promote and improve women’s political participation?
3. What new efforts should the United Nations undertake to better prevent and stop the spread of deadly communicable diseases, such as Ebola?

2015 Conference Committees and Policy Topics

Committee on Disarmament & International Security (1st Committee)
1. What can the United Nations do to better respond to the escalating conflict in and around Syria?
2. What can the United Nations do to better protect historical and religious sites during conflicts?

Committee on Economics & Finance (2nd Committee)
1. What can the United Nations do to better promote sustainable development for Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
2. What can the United Nations do to better promote post-conflict reconstruction and economic development in countries emerging from revolutions and civil wars?

Committee on Social, Humanitarian, & Cultural Affairs (3rd Committee)
1. What can the United Nations do to ensure the right to expression when it comes to religion and religious ideas in the digital age?
2. What can the United Nations do to alleviate or solve the worsening Syrian and Middle Eastern refugee crisis?
3. What can the United Nations do to better facilitate travel and safety during religious observances?

2016 ACMUN Conference Committees and Policy Topics

Committee on Disarmament & International Security (1st Committee)
1. What can the United Nations do to better prevent the use of chemical weapons by state and non-state actors?
2. What can the United Nations do to improve capacity-building efforts in weak, failing, or failed states?

Committee on Economics & Finance (2nd Committee)
1. What can the United Nations do to better handle the adverse effects of increasing urbanization around the world?
2. What can the United Nations do to better promote sport as a tool for peace without imposing undue financial burdens on member states?

Committee on Social, Humanitarian, & Cultural Affairs (3rd Committee)
1. What can the United Nations do to better combat emerging infectious diseases, such as Zika?
2. What can the United Nations do to better provide medical and health care for civilians in war zones?
3. What can the United Nations do to better control global population growth?

2017 Conference Committees and Policy Topics

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
1. Expanding economic opportunity and reducing unemployment in the developing world.
2. Combating the threat of new and reemerging infectious diseases around the world.

Human Rights Council (HRC)
1. Emphasizing the right to an adequate standard of living, including the right to adequate housing, as a universal human right.
2. Preventing and addressing the problem of violence against children throughout the world.

Executive Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
1. Addressing the current refugees and internally-displaced persons (IDPs) crisis in the Middle East, Europe, and other regions of the world
2. Dealing with population displacements, including refugees, caused by natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes

2018 Conference Committees and Policy Topics

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

1. Assisting the least developed countries (LDCs) in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
2. International effort to assist in reconstructing urban areas in war torn societies

Human Rights Council (HRC)

1. Promoting a global “right to development”
2. Promoting a global “right to a healthy environment”

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

1. Expanding Access to Safe Drinking Water in Developing Countries
2. Addressing the Acidification of the Oceans